Verse 23

Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 4:8-9 : 8 Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, sent a letter against Jerusalem, to Artaxerxes the king; 9 The letter was sent by Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe and their friends; the Dinaites and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
• Ezra 4:17 : 17 Then the king sent an answer to Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, and their friends living in Samaria, and to the rest of those across the river, saying, Peace to you:
• Prov 4:16 : 16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
• Mic 2:1 : 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
• Rom 3:15 : 15 Their feet are quick in running after blood;